In music education, there are
plenty of software’s that have been upgraded and SmartMusic is one of them.
This is a software that must music educators use in their school to improve the
students performance and their practices. It is an upgrade because like
teachers who are there to help the students to play right and teach the
students the right way. SmartMusic also guides the students with their
practices so that they are doing the right thing. For example, this software’s
has fast feedback that the students can find out if they made a mistake. As
they play the note, if the screen shows red marks on the note, then they will
know that they made a mistake; and if it’s a green mark and they played
correctly. This software not only helps the students but also helps the
teachers to see the improvements that the student has made through their
practices.
Interestingly,
teachers and parents can look up the students or their child improvements
because as long as they have the software, they can log in and see the result
of their assessment. As the students practice they can have fun recording
themselves in which can lead up to sharing with their friends and families
their talent.
The set up
of the software is well organized and is easily handled for students to play
on. And also, help them achieve their goals using this SmartMusic software. On
this software, there are metronome, tuner, fingering chart or other fingering
chart that make a connection to the next, accompaniment part and their solo
parts, assessment score, change of different loop/tempo. All these symbols are
easily tractable. There is no confusion for them to use in this software.
I remember,
my High School used SmartMusic. I didn’t use it much because I didn’t know much
about it, but my friends who used it, they told me it helped them improve their
performance and their practices.
At the end of your post you mentioned how your high school used SmartMusic, but you were never taught how to use it. I think this brings up how important it is for teachers to make sure students are fully aware of how to use the technology that may be present in the classroom. You know that your friends benefitted from SmartMusic, but you never got the chance to benefit from it as well. We should make sure that all students in our classrooms have an equal opportunity to benefit from the technologies we provide.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a wonderful program. The fact that you could track your progress, or record yourself is amazing! it is sad that you werent given a chance to learn the software. I think when there is a new program teachers should learn its uses, then teach it to the students before they use it in class. It would benefit not only the teacher (to show how much they know about the program) but also give the students a chance to learn the program themselves and be able to use it.
ReplyDeleteI only heard of this when I got to college and think it is a really useful tool for students and teachers. This is a good way to keep track of students progress at home, and make sure they are putting time they need to practice. It is also a great resource for students and I hope I can become more familiar with it some day.
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